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l LettersPatentNo. 68,167, dated August.27, 1867'.

v mrovsurrrfm'cor'roN-BALE TIE.

. De it known that'I, MOSES D. GREEK, o f Clarendon, in the county of Monroe, and Stato of Arkansns, hare invented a newand useful Improvement in Cotton-Bale T-ies; and'I do hcrebydeclarethe following to be a,

full, clear, and exact description ofthe same,' reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-'- Figure lis a plan of the parts forming my clasp or ,tie.

Fi'gure 2 is an "edgeiview of the same.

Figure 3 is a side elevation. l

Figure 4 is a vertical sectiofn through line a b.

Figure 5 is a vertical section through line c d.

Figure 6 is a vertical'secton throughlipe e f.

In order that others may understand the nature of my invention, and bo enabled to manufacture and use the same, I willl proceed to particularly describe it. p

The ordinary hoop iron, which is commonly employed as hoops for bales, is of v inferior quality, and does notI possess that tenacity and ductility which wouldenable it tobe bent at short angles without fracture. It is therefore necessary `that when used for any purpose wherethe ends are to beseeured by'bending, the ilexure should be gradual and curved, In bale'ties or clasps heretofore used this-requirement has been overlooked, and the liability of the hoop to fracture at the bending Apoint has ,caused many to resort to more expensive but more satisfactory methods.b

The object of my invention is to produce a clasp or tie, to be employed iron lhoops, which may be rxeadily attached tossid ho'pgand will not incur-anyliability to fracture at thbehding point,` and which mayv4 be readily secured without the use of tools, and without any liability of accidental separation and it'consists in feast-metal clasp, made in two parts, and so fashioned that the ends of the b'ale hoop may be aptached to shid part-s at any time and without dicnlty, and when the balevis pressed the two parts may be hooked together.

A B, figs. 1 and 3, represent the two parts of the clasp. The' Vgeneral form may be that of a ring, cut

transverselyin two parts, but with the eut ends so formed as to lap'past each other, and thus aord means of connecting them together. The lapping .ends c c are perforated, `as at F F, shown in iig. 1, and the correspond-'- ing 'ends D D are provided with slightly hooking fingers E E, which t into the perforations F Fmd hold the' 4parts A B together. The bars G- I-I are formed crossing the parts A Byparallel with their lii; of junction,

Vand slightlyelevated above the upper surfaceof the clasp. i These 'bars are cylindrical upon their upper sur face, and may bc concave on the lower side. The surface ofthe bar ismade cylindrical, so that the hoop shalll not be bent with a short angle at anyV point. At the back of each of these bars is a slit, I, of 'length'snciont to admit the width of the proposed hoop.

The lnethod of using this clasp is as follows: Thehoops are cut of proper length to encircle the proposed bales. One end of said h`oop is placed through the slitI in Athe part A, and bent around the bar Gr; and-'to secure it completely a tool may be used to set the hoop up into the cavity beneath said bar, as shown in iig.

6. This"atta.ches one part of the clasp to the hoop. l If the platen of the press will permit the passage of the clasp while the bale is being compressed, the otherl part B of thel clasp may be securedl to the other end of the hoop inthe samev manner, before the time of using. lBut if the press will not admit of this practice, the part B may beattached while the bale is being compressed and after the end of the hoop' is inserted over the bale.

. In that case it will only be necessary to insert the free end of the hoop1 through `the`slit1in the. part B, and

bend it around the bar H with the fingers or some convenient tool, und then insert the hooks EE through the y holes F'F, and the hoop will be secured. The elasticity of the bale will always be suicient to compress and und hooks on the other, substantially as shown and described.

retain the ends of the hoop beneath the clasp, so that there vt'illbeno liability to draw'out, and -to prevent the accidental unhooking of the parts A B. p When, however, the hoop or tie is torbe loosened, the parts A B mayV be drawn together, by any convenient mechanical device and unh'oolr'ed.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is A cotton-bale tie, constructed in two parts, withl'apping ends, provided with perfor-ations in theA one side The bars G H, cylindrical upon the surface around which the hoop passes, in combination with the parts of n cottonbale tie, as shown and described.

A. cotton-bale tie, constructed with lapping ends fitted as shown, and provided with bars G Hrslits I I, perforations F F, 'and hooks E E, for the purpose set for-th.

' M. D. CHEEK.

Witnesses:

.f PHILIP It. KINcA'In,

A. M. McNIsH. 

